Tying device.



B. E. BRAISTED.

TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 1,

1 Patented Nov.

War-1m and tate of Iowa,

'5 duller-tor ,UNITED STATES .PTENT OFFICE.

EDWARD EVERETT BRAISTED, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

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Specification 01 Letters Patent;

Patented Nov. 3, 100a.

' Application flied H ovember 1, 1907. Serial No. 400,195.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, EDWARD EvERE'r'r BRAISTED, a citizen of the United States, re sidin at Davenport in the count of Scott have invented new and useful Improvements in Tying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to tying ,devices for envelope, packages and the like, and has for its object to provide an extremal simple device of this character which wil effectively retain the tying cord and which is so con-' structed asto entirely obviate the'liability of defacing or injurincg the bundle or package to which it is secure With these and other objects in view, the invention is in the novel formation of packa e ties hereinafter fully described and c ai'med.

In the drawing, -Figure 1 is a top pla 2 is 21 pers ective view of. the device, 3

is a side eevation of the same, Fig. 4 1s a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of my improvement.

As illustrated in the drawings my improved tying device consists of a single strand of wire of any desired gage, having a tying eye 1 and a straight shan 2, the eye 1 being provided with a slightly u turned portion ada ted for the reception 0 a tape or cord. The shank 2 is provided with an upturned ortion 3, adapted to provide a or the tape or cord, and from thence is extended at an acute angle in relationto the shank 2, to )IOVldB a member 4 which-is bent upon itsel as at 5 to provide a hook member 6. It will be noted, by reference to theseveral figures of the drawings,

. that the hook 6 is positioned directly above the member 4 and that its outer edge is arranged at a slight distance above said mem her so that the angularly arranged hook member 6 and the member 4 resent an effective wedge or bite for retaining the free end of' the tying cord when it is.positioned upon a bundle or package.

It will be further noted that the shank 2 and member 4 are at an acute angle in relation to each other, the object of this being to bring the tying cord or ta e 7 in' a nearl right angular relation to eac other at their point of crossing.

From the above descri tion it will be noted that I have provide a ackage tying device which is extremely simp e and durable,

cord or tape, a shank connected with the eye,

the shank bein provided with an upturned cord or tape de ecting portion and being continued at an acute angle in relation to the shank and being bent upon itself to provide a wedge shaped hook adapted for receiving and retalining the free end of the tying tape or (5011 a In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD EVERETT BBAISTED. Witnesses:

LOUIS ,SILBERSTEIN, GEO. B. WERTHMANN. 

